Well, even Sun was wedded to the (shit-the-bed) CDDL, but before Oracle there was the sense that a one-off deal might be made. Once Oracle bought Sun, it was l

Well, even Sun was wedded to the (shit-the-bed) CDDL, but before Oracle there was the sense that a one-off deal might be made. Once Oracle bought Sun, it was like "Which is more important, your filesystem or your OS?" Which isn't a hard question with regards to any filesystem I've ever used except ZFS. Seems insane to use anything else for long-term storage, unless it has some kind of high corporate budget.